Car-replacer.



No. 857,437. PATENTED JUNE 18.1907.

J. M. BOWMAN.

GAR REPLAGER.

APPLICATION FILED r1213. 1, 1907.

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JMZZ zzr/zBQma/i JAMES M. BOWMAN, OF DENISON, TEXAS.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Applicatioufiled February 1,1907. Serial No. 355,234.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs M. BOWMAN, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Denison, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of devices which are known as car replacers, and which are used for the purpose of replacing derailed locomotives, cars, and rolling stock generally upon the rails.

The invention has for its object tosimplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices; and with these and cise structural details therein exhibited, but

that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the improved car replacers disposed adjacent to the rails of a railroad track in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the inside replacing member. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the outside replacing member. Fig. 5 is a top plan-view of the same. Fig. 6 is a front end view of the outside replacing member. Fig. 7 is a rear end view of the outside replacing member. 8 is a transverse sectional viewof the outside replacing member taken on the plane indicated by the line 8 8 in Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a front end view of the inside replacing member. Fig. 10 is a rear end view of the inside of the replacing member.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The present invention com rises two separate and distinct members and B, which will be known, respectively, as the inside and outside replacing members. Said members are substantially of similar construction; the principal difference being of dimensions only. Each of the replacing members may be described as consisting of a block or casting, preferably of malleable iron or steel, cored or hollowed in its under side for the sake of lightness. Said blocks are provided with ap roximately vertical side walls 1, 1, and at t e lower edge of said side walls spikes or barbs 2, 2 are provided, adapted to enter into the ties upon which the devices are supported for operation, adjacent to the rails, for the pur ose of holding the replacing blocks or mem ers securely in position, during 0 eration. The said replacing blocks or mem ers are in the nature of inclined planes, the-upper surfaces 3 being inclined so as to rise gradually from the front to the rear ends; the rear ends of the blocks or members are provided with rearwardly projecting beveled extensions 4 for the pur-- pose of absolutely preventing any liability of the blocks to tilt when the wheels of rolling stock that is being replaced upon the rails leave the replacing members; said beveled extensions areprovided in their upper sides with apertures 5, of oval shape, forming con venient hand-holds whereby the device may be readily manipulated.

The upper, inclined face of each of the replacing members is provided with two longi tudinal grooves 6, 6, extending from the lower in the direction of the upper'ends. These grooves diverge as they approach the upper ends of the blocks or replacing members, and open at the sides of the latter. The ridge orweb whereby the grooves are separated is suitably curved in transverse sec tion; said ridge or web, in the inside replacing member, is designated 7; in the outside member it is designated 8. In the outside replacing member the lower end of the ridge 7 is comparatively narrow, and the flanges 9, 9 at the outer sides of the grooves 6, 6 are relatively wide, especially at the lower end of he block or member; said flanges, 9, 9, are also permitted to overhang the vertical side walls 1 of the block or member, as will be clearly seen in Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawings. In the outside replacing member, this construction is practically reversed, the intermediate ridge or web, 8, being of considerable width compared with the width of the side flanges, 10, 10, The reason for this construction lies in the fact that in the inside replacing member it is one of the flanges 9 that will have to support the tread of the wheel that is to be guided onto the rail, while, in the outside replacing member, the tread of IOv the wheel will be supported upon the intermediate ridge or web. In both cases, the flanges of the wheels will be guided in the longitudinal grooves 6.

The side walls of the outside replacing member are provided at the terminals of'the grooves 6 with inclined lugs or bosses 11 serving to reinforce the construction and to guide the wheel flanges from the grooves of the replacing member onto the head of the rail, which will have to be traversed by the flange before the wheel can be properly replaced; suitable bosses or reinforcements, 12, are also formed upon the side walls of the inside replacing member at the terminals of the grooves 6, said bosses serving, in this instance, to properly space the replacing member from the head of the rail, and to permit the wheel flange to find its proper position readily and without unnecesssary jolting.

The improved replacing members may be made of any desired dimensions according to the nature of the work for which they are re-' uired; the outside replacing member will 0 viously be made of greater height at its rear end than the inside of the replacing member, inasmuch as the wheel flange is to be guided by said outside of the replacing member onto the head of the rail which is to be traversed by the wheel flange; the front, or lower ends of the replacing members must be sufliciently low to enable the wheels of de-' railed rolling stock to pass readily from the ground onto said replacing member, to be thereby guided onto the track-rails.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains. To use the improved replacing device, the block or members are placed adjacent to the rails, the inside member A being disposed intermediate the rails, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 1, and said replacing members being suitably disposed to guide the wheels of the derailed stock which, being propelled in the proper direction, will be surely and efficiently guided over the replacing members, and restored to proper position upon the rails.

The device, as will be seen from the foregoing description, is extremely simple in construction, and it may be manufactured at a moderate expense; it has practically proven to be thoroughly eficient for the purpose for which it is provided.

It is obvious that, owing to the presence of two divergent grooves in each replacing member, the said replacing member may be used adjacent to either side of the rails.

What is claimed is E p 1. In a car replacing device, an inside replacing member consisting of an inclined plane having guide grooves spaced apart by a relatively narrow ridge or web, and relatively wide side flanges overhanging the side walls of the member; said guide grooves being rearwardly divergent, and the side walls of the member being provided, adjacent to the terminals of the grooves, with bosses or reinforcements.

2. A car replacing device comprising, in

combination, an inside replacing member consisting of an inclined plane having guide grooves spaced apart by a relatively narrow ridge or web, and relatively wide side flanges overhanging the side walls of the members, said guide grooves being rearwardly divergent and the side walls of the member being provided adjacent to the terminals of the grooves with bosses or reinforcements, and an outside replacing member consisting of an inclined plane having guide grooves spaced apart by a relatively Wide ridge or web and relatively narrow side flanges, theside walls of the member being provided with lugs or reinforcements adjacent to the terminals of the guide grooves.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAlWES M. BOWMAN. Witnesses O. T. PEcK', J. T. MONTGOMERY 

